Well, a lot has happened in the last two
weeks. My roommate moved out so I'm in the process of reorganizing my office
and reclaiming my writing space. I wrote up a letter for a marketing campaign
for our business and the return already has been 15% so we've been busy busy
busy and we expect to get even busier with the start of the new quarter.
Friends have gone out of town and have asked me to house sit (or more
preciously kitty-sit) but the first full day they were gone I was hit with
another bout of food poisoning. "But I'm feeling muuuuuch better
now." (Tell me where I reference that from and you win todays grand
prize.)
So I'm settling in to
the big house with the big tv that's calling my name, with the exercise
equipment that's appealing, a dsl high speed connection that's addictive and
all the other distractions and I keep reminding myself I have a screenplay to
write. But tonight I have a date. First one in awhile and the first one I'm
meeting from craigslist. Wish me luck.
I've finally decided how to go about
introducing the romantic interest in the first third of the screenplay.
Originally he didn't have a very big part at all until about half way through
but it's better that it be a little more established by that point. Of course
Mattie is fit to be tied. He didn't necessarily profess his profound love for
her while he was drunk, just the next morning after he had passed out. While he
was drunk though, he did make an ass of himself and totally disrespected her.
But now they're suspicious of each other. He's not sure that she's an assassin
but assumes that she is. He's a cop who may not have total loyalty to his
family at heart. His father, who is Mattie's contact, doesn't trust him and
Mattie is beginning to understand why. Fun. Fun. Fun.
It's a holiday week and business
will be slow for a couple of days, so I plan to roll out several more scenes
before my friends return from vacation. I'm shooting for completion but we'll
see. Gotta go get ready for my date.
TTFN
